'They come in with an energy and excitement, a new view on things': AWS CEO Matt Garman explains why Amazon is hiring 11,000 new interns and junior staff when others are getting rid
- Amazon is hiring 11,000 new workers, mostly new graduates and interns
- Garman says they're more impressionable and willing to adopt AI
- Willingness to learn could be more important than existing skills
Amazon CEO Matt Garman has confirmed the company's plans to hire 11,000 interns and new grads this year despite an ongoing internal push for AI tools.
The news comes around six months after the company warned that 16,000 workers would be losing their jobs, with Garman's cloud business hit hard.
With the latest news, the company looks to be refocusing human resources instead of getting rid of human workers altogether as business priorities change and new opportunities open up.
Amazon to hire 11,000 workers in the same year it laid off 16,000
Speaking with Casey Newton of Platformer in a YouTubeinterview, Garman explained that white-collar jobs are changing as a result of AI, but they're not being...
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